I'm an old man nowI can't do nothingYoung folks don't pay me no mindBut in my day I sure was somethingBefore I felt the heavy hand of time

I'm an old man nowI'm bound for gloryTime to lay these burdens downHad enough of this old world of worryGonna trade my troubles for a crown

[Chorus:]I will make my way across the fields of cottonAnd wade through muddy waters one last timeAnd in my dreams I come out cleanWhen I reach the other sideWaste away the sunsetsWhere rainbows never die

I've got on last thing to doOne more mile before I'm throughCasting off these earthly chainsGoing where there's no more pain